Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense intermarries, present participle intermarrying, past tense, past participle intermarried
verb
When people from different social, racial, or religious groups intermarry, they marry each other. You can also say that one group intermarrieswith another group.
They were allowed to intermarry. [VERB]
Some of the traders settled and intermarried with local women. [VERB + with]
intermarry in British English
(ˌɪntəˈmærɪ)
verbWord forms: -ries, -rying or -ried(intransitive)
1.
(of different groups, races, religions, creeds, etc) to become connected by marriage
2.
to marry within one's own family, clan, group, etc
Derived forms
intermarriage (ˌinterˈmarriage)
noun
intermarry in American English
(ˌɪntərˈmæri)
verb intransitiveWord forms: ˌinterˈmarried or ˌinterˈmarrying
1.
to become connected by or unite in marriage
said of persons of different clans, tribes, races, religions, castes, etc.
2.
to marry
said of closely related persons
Examples of 'intermarry' in a sentence
intermarry
They tended to intermarry because they understood each other.
Niven, Larry & Pournelle, Jerry THE MOAT AROUND MURCHESON'S EYE (1993)